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Gerald Ford: “We certainly want to express, on behalf of all of the American people, our gratitude and appreciation to the United…”

On the recordJune 3, 1976
We certainly want to express, on behalf of all of the American people, our gratitude and appreciation to the United Kingdom and the Parliament for loaning to the United States, for a period of 1 year, one of the four original copies of the Magna Carta.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks Upon Receiving an Original Copy of the Magna Carta From a Delegation of British Parliamentarians

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